Improvement in folding-bedsteads



T. S. THRSN.

Folding Bedsteads. No( 134,111. Patented. De.17,1s72.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THEODOR S. THORSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT lN FOLDING-BEDSTEADS.

Toall whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1,'1HEoDoR S. THORsoN, of Chicago, in the county of(look and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful `Improvementin Folding-Bedsteads, of which vdrawn upward, the sides of the bedsteadwill be folded lclosely together, as the whole is hereinafter fullydescribed and shown.

.In the drawing, Figure lis a top or plan view of my improvement infolding-bedsteads 5 Fig. 2, a top or plan view of the same when foldedtogether; Fig. 3, a sectional elevation taken on line a; x, Fig. 1.

A A represent the side rails of an ordinary bedstead, fastened to theposts Bin the usual manner; and O C represent a two-part headboard andfoot-board, hinged together at their central parts F F, and also attheir edges G to posts B B, so that they will swing inward, as shown inFig. 2. The slats J J are madein two parts each, and hinged to the railsA A at I l, and hinged together at H at the point of contact midway of'their length, as shown more clearly in Fig. 3, so as to swing upward, asshown in Fig. 2.

The means for folding the device .consists of a cord or strap, K, whichis fastened to theslats J by means of suitable cap-plates L, and to theunder edges of the boards O (l by any suitable. means, as, for instance,staples or hooks. This arrangement is such that when the cord or strap Kis drawn upward by the hand the head and foot boards C O will be drawninward and the slats J drawn upward, bringing the rails A A closelyagainst them, as shown in Fig. 2. The bedstead is held in form by meansof an ordinary bottom, or any bottom which is long enough to bear on thecleat-s D D, fastened to boards O O, and also bear against thehead-boards.

The advantage of a folding-beds'tead, for the convenience of shipmentand moving from room to room without being taken apart, is too obviousfor explanation, and more especially/so when the bedstead can be foldedby simply drawing upwardly 011 the cord or strap K.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The combination of thefolding head and' foot board with the foldingslats J and cleats D, as for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination of the folding head and foot boards (l C, foldingslats J, cleats D, and cord or strap K, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

THEODOR S. THORSON.

Witnesses:

G. L. GHAPIN,

JOHN ERSKEIN.

